| Will drones fill Intel's smartphone market void?
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2016-05-06 |
| Coming on the heels of its recent announcement of massive layoffs and cancelling of mobile SoC platforms, Intel turns a new leaf with drones. |
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| Weak smartphone space to water down wireless chip growth
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2016-05-05 |
| IHS said that due to the slowing sales of smartphones and other wireless devices, the wireless landscape could be in trouble, which would be reflected in the underlying semiconductor market in 2016. |
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| MediaTek expects profit boost by 24-32% from shipments
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2016-05-03 |
| Smartphone-chip provider MediaTek expects to report revenues of between NT$69.3 billion and NT$73.8 billion for the second quarter, while combined shipments of its smartphone and tablet chips will reach 135-140 million units. |
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| Qualcomm logs robust Q2 sales, reveals licensing deals
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2016-04-25 |
| Qualcomm said that its fiscal Q2 was boosted by new license agreements in China, and also credited stronger-than-expected performance across the company's chipset business. |
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| AMD closes $293 million deal for x86 architecture
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2016-04-22 |
| The $293 million deal with the Chinese firm gives AMD a needed infusion of cash and a partner in China, the world's second largest and fastest growing server market. |
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| Intel's post-PC plan to take a short-term hit
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2016-04-21 |
| The semiconductor giant marks the beginning of the end for the PC era, and shifts its investments in microchips that power data centers and Internet connected devices. |
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| Engineers lay groundwork for 5G standardisation
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2016-04-14 |
| Engineers around the globe are making collective effort to set the ground ready for 5G, with early 5G deployments expected at Gbit/second speeds-hungry cities like Korea, Japan and the U.S. |
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| Global semicon market to take a dip in 2016
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2016-04-06 |
| A three-year period of declining or stagnant revenues is predicted after weak growth marked every quarter of 2015. The market drop follows a successive two-year growth in 2013 and 2014. |
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| Negative forecast for global semicon market in 2016
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2016-04-06 |
| A three-year period of declining or stagnant revenues is predicted after weak growth marked every quarter of 2015. The market drop follows a successive two-year growth in 2013 and 2014. |
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| A disruptive turn of things at Intel
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2016-04-06 |
| Things are shaking up at the technology company with the departure of two executives and another one missing in action. The development has left Silicon Valley all abuzz. |
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| iPhone SE teardown reveals perfect mix of old and new parts
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2016-04-04 |
| The latest components of the smartphone include a power applier module from Skyworks Solutions, a power management IC from TI, and NAND flash from Toshiba. |
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| Chip sales forecast for a dip
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2016-03-22 |
| The problem, according to Semico's Feldhan is lack of a compelling driver to spur increased semiconductor consumption, citing PCs as the driving force of sales for decades before it became stagnant. |
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| Galaxy S7 gets upgrade but few innovations
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2016-03-15 |
| Samsung furnishes its latest Galaxy smartphone with a faster chipset, a better camera, better water resistance and other improvements, but no earth-shaking new features. |
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| ISSCC: RF CMOS on the edge of transceiver chain
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2016-03-11 |
| At the ISCC, Steve Ohr finds that what has happened is not a replacement of GaAs power amps by RF CMOS amps. The RF power amp function is performed at the edge of a radio transceiver chain. |
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| Deal or no deal? How Foxconn-Sharp benefit from reconciliation
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2016-03-10 |
| Things haven't been going too well for Sharp Corp. over the years as it attempts to turn things around. Find out what the latest attempt at a deal with Foxconn could mean for both companies. |
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| Mobile is Everything: MWC 2016 highlights
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2016-03-10 |
| Have a look at the highlightsthe new products unveiled and new announcements at recently concluded Mobile World Congress 2016 held in Barcelona, Spain. |
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| US gov't fines Qualcomm over bribery reports
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2016-03-03 |
| The case is part of an SEC crackdown involving the hiring of "princelings," a term for children or younger relatives of China's political leaders or top executives at state-owned enterprises. |
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| Sensor hubs take centre-stage at MWC
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2016-02-23 |
| While STMicroelectronics and Bosch have new sensors for mobile, |
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| Mass production of FinFETs underway at Samsung, TSMC
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2016-02-09 |
| Although Samsung announced mass production of its 14nm LPP process technology with a major customer win in Qualcomm, TSMC may have the last laugh with Apple using its process. |
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| MediaTek's 4G business sees slow growth in 2016
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2016-02-02 |
| Qualcomm's biggest rival MediaTek predicts a plunge in 4G business shares, but remains hopeful in increasing revenue by more than 10 per cent for smartphone and IoT devices. |
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| Race for IoT forerunner takes on different twist
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2016-02-01 |
| OIC and AllSeen representatives said consolidation and collaboration are necessary for IoT to take off with both developing bridges to communicate with devices on other frameworks. |
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| Semiconductor R&D loses steam at only 0.5% growth in 2015
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2016-02-01 |
| Despite the weaker performance, the half-per cent rise pushed global R&D spending by chip companies to a record-high level of $56.4 billion in 2015 from $54.1 billion set in 2014, said IC Insights. |
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| Fingerprint sensors remain on uphill climb through 2020
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2016-01-27 |
| IHS said unit shipments of fingerprint sensors were expected to have grown from 316 million in 2014 to 499 million in 2015 and will continue to increase each year to peak at 1.6 billion in 2020. |
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| TDK teams up with Qualcomm to form $3B RF joint venture
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2016-01-26 |
| RF360 Holdings will acquire the filter and module design and manufacturing assets, plus related patents, owned by TDK, with certain assets being acquired directly by Qualcomm affiliates. |
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| Is Xilinx set to jump on the M&A bandwagon?
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2016-01-25 |
| The company made a filing with the U.S. SEC pertaining to executive benefits in the event of change of ownership of the company, fueling speculation that the FPGA leader is preparing to be acquired. |
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| Sensor hub market bolstered by iPhone 6S
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2016-01-22 |
| The overall market for all types of sensor hubs will exceed one billion units in 2015, rising to nearly two billion in 2018, according to IHS, with iPhone 6S paving the way. |
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| Samsung grabs Qualcomm's fab tech with 14nm FinFET process
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2016-01-18 |
| Samsung said Qualcomm is making its Snapdragon 820 processor on Samsung's new 14nm LPP process, and the first products will be in mobile devices in 1H16. |
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| TSMC CEO expects stronger Q1 after Capex boost
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2016-01-18 |
| The world's largest foundry said it will increase its capital expenditure in 2016 to an amount ranging from $9 billion to $10 billion as it aims for a bigger share of finer geometry chips. |
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| Qualcomm enters $280M joint venture with Chinese province
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2016-01-18 |
| The joint venture will focus on the design, development and sale of advanced server chipset technology in China, which is the second largest country in the world for server technology sales. |
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| Taking a closer look at GE's Bluetooth smart light switches
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2016-01-08 |
| Although GE's latest Bluetooth-based lighting controls have limited feature set, their simplicity, scalability and well-designed user interface make it an appealing device to many customers. |
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